diff --git a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift
index 9cebb2aaef2..6698a61352e 100644
--- a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift
+++ b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindow.swift
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ final class MainWindow {
         window.titlebarAppearsTransparent = true
         window.backgroundColor = NSColor(VColor.background)
         window.isReleasedWhenClosed = false
-        window.contentMinSize = NSSize(width: 500, height: 400)
+        window.contentMinSize = NSSize(width: 800, height: 600)
         window.setFrame(windowRect, display: false)
         window.setFrameAutosaveName("MainWindow")
 
diff --git a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindowView.swift b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindowView.swift
index 7d8d080fbff..d71ecebcb95 100644
--- a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindowView.swift
+++ b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/MainWindow/MainWindowView.swift
@@ -563,6 +563,12 @@ struct MainWindowView: View {
             )
         case .doctor:
             DoctorPanel(onClose: { windowState.activePanel = nil })
+        case .generated:
+            // Generated panel is handled inline in chatContentView when expanded;
+            // if we reach here, isDynamicExpanded is false — clear activePanel so
+            // the user falls back to the chat view instead of seeing a blank screen.
+            Color.clear.frame(width: 0, height: 0)
+                .onAppear { windowState.activePanel = nil }
         default:
             EmptyView()
         }
diff --git a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/Onboarding/OnboardingState.swift b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/Onboarding/OnboardingState.swift
index 8adf9f526e5..9f25bd8a51d 100644
--- a/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/Onboarding/OnboardingState.swift
+++ b/clients/macos/vellum-assistant/Features/Onboarding/OnboardingState.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ enum ActivationKey: String, CaseIterable {
 final class OnboardingState {
     /// Bump this version whenever the default-flow step order changes so that
     /// persisted step indices from a previous layout are not consumed as-is.
-    private static let currentFlowVersion = 2
+    private static let currentFlowVersion = 3
 
     var currentStep: Int = 0
     var assistantName: String = "Velly"